Farnese

American  

[fahr-ne-ze] / fɑrˈnɛ zɛ /

noun

1. Alessandro Duke of Parma, 1545–92, Italian general, statesman, and diplomat.

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Farnese British  

/ farˈneːse /

noun

1. Alesandro (alesˈsandro). original name of Pope Paul III See also Paul III

2. Alessandro, duke of Parma and Piacenza. 1545–92, Italian general, statesman, and diplomat in the service of Philip II of Spain. As governor of the Netherlands (1578–92), he successfully suppressed revolts against Spanish rule

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Farnese

After the demise of the Roman Empire, the residence suffered centuries of abandonment, until when, in the 1500s, the Farnese noble family developed an extensive garden around the ruins.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2023

They showed how bacteria had cleaned up some resin residues on Baroque masterpiece frescoes in the Carracci Gallery at Palazzo Farnese in Rome.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2021

This fresco, depicting Perseus rescuing Andromeda from the Kraken, is on one of the walls at the Palazzo Farnese in Rome.

From Slate ● May 28, 2020

The Palatine: Visitors inside the Imperial Forum typically hike the Palatine for the Farnese Gardens promontory's splendid view onto the Forum and Capitoline Hill.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2019

Francis Farnese, who, by a Dispensation, of which there are few Examples in the Catholic Church, had marry’d his Brother’s Widow.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume IV Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by Karl Ludwig von P?llnitz

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